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en-usCopyright 2015webmaster@agronomy.org (Webmaster)House and senate to release budget resolutionshttps://www.soils.org/science-policy/sspr/2015-03-25/#3610
https://www.soils.org/science-policy/sspr/2015-03-25/#3610<p>Both chambers of Congress have released their respective budget resolutions</p>Policy News2015-03-25 12:00:00FY 2016 appropriations updatehttps://www.soils.org/science-policy/sspr/2015-03-25/#3611
https://www.soils.org/science-policy/sspr/2015-03-25/#3611<p>As budget season moves into full swing, the ASA, CSSA and SSSA Science Policy Office</p>Policy News2015-03-25 12:00:00USDA leadership testify before House Agriculture Appropriations subcommitteehttps://www.soils.org/science-policy/sspr/2015-03-25/#3612
https://www.soils.org/science-policy/sspr/2015-03-25/#3612<p>The the House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee held a hearing for the USDA</p>Policy News2015-03-25 12:00:00Congressional letters in support of research fundinghttps://www.soils.org/science-policy/sspr/2015-03-25/#3613
https://www.soils.org/science-policy/sspr/2015-03-25/#3613<p>Over the past two weeks several champions for food, agriculture and natural resources</p>Policy News2015-03-25 12:00:00EPA Secret Science Bill passes in the Househttps://www.soils.org/science-policy/sspr/2015-03-25/#3614
https://www.soils.org/science-policy/sspr/2015-03-25/#3614<p>On March 18, the U.S. House of Representatives approved the Environmental Protection Agency</p>Policy News2015-03-25 12:00:00Florida bans use of term "climate change" https://www.soils.org/science-policy/sspr/2015-03-25/#3615
https://www.soils.org/science-policy/sspr/2015-03-25/#3615<p>According to media reports, there is an unwritten policy under Gov. Rick Scott of Florida</p>Policy News2015-03-25 12:00:00Sen. Durbin Introduces American Innovation Billhttps://www.soils.org/science-policy/sspr/2015-03-25/#3616
https://www.soils.org/science-policy/sspr/2015-03-25/#3616<p>With a decline in federal scientific research threatening our standing as a leader</p>Policy News2015-03-25 12:00:00In a turnabout, key congressional critic backs NSF peer reviewhttps://www.soils.org/science-policy/sspr/2015-03-25/#3617
https://www.soils.org/science-policy/sspr/2015-03-25/#3617<p>A political dispute involving the National Science Foundation (NSF) that has taken</p>Policy News2015-03-25 12:00:00How to increase nitrogen use efficiency on farmshttps://www.soils.org/science-policy/sspr/2015-03-25/#3618
https://www.soils.org/science-policy/sspr/2015-03-25/#3618<p>A special collection of papers in the Journal of Environmental Quality examines </p>Science News2015-03-25 12:00:00Give soils their duehttps://www.soils.org/science-policy/sspr/2015-03-25/#3619
https://www.soils.org/science-policy/sspr/2015-03-25/#3619<p>We are not paying enough attention to the world's soils, a “nearly forgotten resource” </p>Science News2015-03-25 12:00:00Back to basics: Breeding plants for organic agriculturehttps://www.soils.org/science-policy/sspr/2015-03-25/#3620
https://www.soils.org/science-policy/sspr/2015-03-25/#3620<p>Thanks to the momentum of the farm-to-fork movement and environmentally aware </p>Science News2015-03-25 12:00:00Why soil rockshttps://www.soils.org/science-policy/sspr/2015-03-25/#3621
https://www.soils.org/science-policy/sspr/2015-03-25/#3621<p>2015 is the UN-designated International Year of Soils – one of the world's most important </p>Science News2015-03-25 12:00:00Supercomputers help solve puzzle-like bond for biofuelshttps://www.soils.org/science-policy/sspr/2015-03-25/#3622
https://www.soils.org/science-policy/sspr/2015-03-25/#3622<p>One of life's strongest bonds has been discovered by a science team researching biofuels</p>Science News2015-03-25 12:00:00SSSAJ special section highlights the past and future of "hydropedology"https://www.soils.org/science-policy/sspr/2015-03-25/#3623
https://www.soils.org/science-policy/sspr/2015-03-25/#3623<p>The Mar.-Apr. 2015 issue of the Soil Science Society of America Journal (SSSAJ) includes</p>Science News2015-03-25 12:00:00NSF announces plan for comprehensive public access to research resultshttps://www.soils.org/science-policy/sspr/2015-03-25/#3624
https://www.soils.org/science-policy/sspr/2015-03-25/#3624<p>Last week, the National Science Foundation (NSF), announced its continued commitment </p>Science News2015-03-25 12:00:00Reddit prompts citizen scientists to go dig up dirthttps://www.soils.org/science-policy/sspr/2015-03-25/#3625
https://www.soils.org/science-policy/sspr/2015-03-25/#3625<p>Thousands of citizen scientists around the country are getting their hands dirty </p>Science News2015-03-25 12:00:00Annual NSF 2015 SBIR/STTR Phase II Grantees Conferencehttps://www.soils.org/science-policy/sspr/2015-03-25/#3626
https://www.soils.org/science-policy/sspr/2015-03-25/#3626<p>This conference provides opportunities for small businesses that have received</p>Science News2015-03-25 12:00:00Americans shrug off environmental issues as partisan divide deepenshttps://www.soils.org/science-policy/sspr/2015-03-25/#3627
https://www.soils.org/science-policy/sspr/2015-03-25/#3627<p>Republicans and Democrats have become increasingly polarized when it comes to environmental </p>Science News2015-03-25 12:00:00Canadian academics offer their own climate policyhttps://www.soils.org/science-policy/sspr/2015-03-25/#3628
https://www.soils.org/science-policy/sspr/2015-03-25/#3628<p>Under the conservative government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Canada </p>International Corner2015-03-25 12:00:00Ukraine joins E.U. research club - at a steep discounthttps://www.soils.org/science-policy/sspr/2015-03-25/#3630
https://www.soils.org/science-policy/sspr/2015-03-25/#3630<p>Ukraine has earned privileged access to competitive research funds from the</p>International Corner2015-03-25 12:00:00U.K. budget includes new money for innovationhttps://www.soils.org/science-policy/sspr/2015-03-25/#3631
https://www.soils.org/science-policy/sspr/2015-03-25/#3631<p>One of the old traditions when the annual government budget is released in the</p>International Corner2015-03-25 12:00:00Hispanic-Serving Institutions Education Grantshttps://www.soils.org/science-policy/sspr/2015-03-25/#3633
https://www.soils.org/science-policy/sspr/2015-03-25/#3633<p>This competitive grants program is intended to promote and strengthen the ability</p>Research, Education, Extension Funding Opportunities2015-03-25 12:00:00Geobiology and Low-Temperature Geochemistryhttps://www.soils.org/science-policy/sspr/2015-03-25/#3635
https://www.soils.org/science-policy/sspr/2015-03-25/#3635<p>The Geobiology and Low-Temperature Geochemistry Program focuses on geochemical </p>Research, Education, Extension Funding Opportunities2015-03-25 12:00:00Geomorphology and Land Use Dynamicshttps://www.soils.org/science-policy/sspr/2015-03-25/#3636
https://www.soils.org/science-policy/sspr/2015-03-25/#3636<p>The Geomorphology and Land-use Dynamics Program supports innovative research into </p>Research, Education, Extension Funding Opportunities2015-03-25 12:00:00Hydrologic Scienceshttps://www.soils.org/science-policy/sspr/2015-03-25/#3637
https://www.soils.org/science-policy/sspr/2015-03-25/#3637<p>The Hydrologic Sciences Program focuses on the fluxes of water in the environment</p>Research, Education, Extension Funding Opportunities2015-03-25 12:00:00Chesapeake Bay Stewardship Fundhttps://www.soils.org/science-policy/sspr/2015-03-25/#3639
https://www.soils.org/science-policy/sspr/2015-03-25/#3639<p>NFWF, in partnership with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, is soliciting </p>Research, Education, Extension Funding Opportunities2015-03-25 12:00:00